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(3). 3045. Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Ar-Raḥmān's Hand is full, He spends without any decrease, night and day.' He said: 'Do you not see how much He has spent since He created the heavens and the earth, yet it has not decreased what is in His Hand, and His Throne is over the water, and in His other Hand is the Mizān (Scale) which He raises and lowers.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. This Hadīth is regarding the Tafsīr of this Āyah: "The Jews say: 'Allāh's Hand is tied up.' Be their hands tied up."[2] The A'immah say about this Hadīth: It is believed in as it comes, without explanation or misinterpretation. This was said by more than one of the A'immah,
among them: Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Mālik bin Anas, Ibn 'Uyainah and Ibn Al-Mubārak – that they thought that these matters were to be believed in, without saying 'how'.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Mā'idah 5:3.
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[2] Al-Mā'idah 5:64.
Commentary
The A'immah said with respect to this Hadīth, it will be believed exactly as it was told. Its explanation and commentary will not be assumed, nor should one fall victim to doubt and whims. Many of the A'immah said the same thing, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Mālik bin Anas, Ibn 'Uyainah and Ibn Al-Mubārak also said the same. The Āyāt and the Ahādīth that speak about the Names and Attributes of Allāh are to be reported and believed truly and exactly without the slightest metaphorical explanation; and one must not say anything about the condition, assumed reality and try to explain their nature.
